The supervisor is the key person in a thesis-based graduate degree program. The principal role of the supervisor is to help students achieve their scholastic potential and to chair the student’s Supervisory Committee. The Supervisor will provide reasonable commitment, accessibility, professionalism, stimulation, guidance, respect and consistent encouragement to the student. Learn more
Graduate programs have different expectations regarding prospective students contacting faculty members. Some require commitment of a faculty member as thesis supervisor prior to applying while others assign supervisors in the first year. Please review the requirements for each program in the degree listing under the heading "Admission Information & Requirements" in step 3 "Prepare Application" under "Thesis Supervision".
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Supervisor Directory
| Name | Role Sort ascending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Turvey | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Marina von Keyserlingk | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Christopher Loewen | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences |
| Christine Kim | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Matthew Lorincz | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| David Moore | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Infectious Diseases |
| Stefan Taubert | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Edwin H Yen | Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |
| Harry Sue Wah Joe | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Gregory Lawrence | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Sean Graham | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Fabio Rossi | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medical Genetics |
| Fumio Takei | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Madjid Mohseni | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Andrew Sandford | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Respiratory Medicine |
| Martin Tanner | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Karl Aquino | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science |
| Konrad Walus | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Brian Copeland | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Hugh Gusterson | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs |
| Navin Ramankutty | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability |
| Robert Helsley | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Elizabeth Dunn | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Saraswathi Vedam | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Midwifery Program |
| Gwynn Elfring | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Anthony Phillips | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Roy Purssell | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Nemkumar Banthia | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Graeme Langager | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Kai Behrend | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Geoff Wasteneys | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Panos Nasiopoulos | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Amanda Vincent | Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries |
| Marek Pawlik | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering |
| Thibault Mayor | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories |
| Alexander Fisher | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Evan Thompson | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Heidi Tworek | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs |
| Villy Christensen | Professor | Faculty of Science | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries |
| Jonathan Girard | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Kiran Soma | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| James Vercammen | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |
| Frances Chen | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| James Francis Glassman | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Karen Cheung | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Brian Kwon | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Orthopaedics |
| Edward Grant | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| David Perrin | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Chemistry |
| Francois Jean | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Richard Barichello | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food and Resource Economics |